Dear Parents/Carers,
A local book shop has arranged an Author event for Year 5 and 6 taking place on Friday 7th February.
Patrice Lawrence MBE and writer in residence for Book Trust will be joining us to talk about being an author and her brand new book being published 30th January 2025! So, its literally hot off the press. How lucky are we!
Patrice Lawrence MBE is a British writer and journalist. Her writing has won awards including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Older Children and The Bookseller YA Book Prize. Patrice was born in Brighton and brought up in an Italian and Trinidad household. She worked for 20 years for charities supporting equality and social justice. These themes (along with a serious amount of music) inform her stories.
There will be an opportunity for a book signing in the school library. If you would like to purchase a signed copy of People like Stars please purchase this via Arbor School Shop £9 by 31st January. Please find a book synopsis is below.
People like Stars
A mystery and exploration of fractured families, long-buried secrets and the power of friendship, told with warmth and compassion.
12 year old Ayrton and his mum have recently moved back to the area they lived in when he was a baby – the area they fled after a local woman stole him away from Mum when she was out shopping, thankfully returning him after only a short time had passed.
Mum is suffocatingly over-protective of Ayrton, who just wants to be a normal boy. At his new school, he discovers that his new friend Stanley is linked to him in an astonishing way:
Stanley’s grandma was the woman who took Ayrton while his mum’s back was turned. She became estranged from her own family because of her actions and Stanley has never known her.
Together the boys decide to track down the grandma – now a famous artist with the Banksy-style pseudonym Vixen – but will Ayrton’s mother can get answers to the questions that torment her, and will Ayrton be able to live a more free life?
This promises to be a brilliant visit.
Kind regards,
Miss Othen
(Business Manager who loves reading!)